He noted that his bat speed was around 76 mph during spring training and that mechanical flaws, not physical decline, are causing his issues.
“I really don’t think bat speed has anything to do with it,” Bregman said. “I think mechanics are everything, to be honest.
I actually think I can move the bat faster and I’m stronger now than I’ve ever been in my entire career.”
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Bregman explained that he was getting his front foot off the ground too late, causing him to press forward instead of staying stacked behind the ball.
He said the goal is to get up earlier and swing more off his back leg, a technique he used successfully earlier in his career.
“The more I focus on staying back and staying stacked on my backside, swinging off my back leg, the better the results have been this year,” Bregman said.
“I feel like I did a lot of that when I was younger and I didn’t realize what I was doing.”
Despite hitting . 304 against fastballs, Bregman is batting just .
155 against breaking balls, which he faces at a career-high 40.3 percent rate. He insists the pitch type doesn't matter once his mechanics are right.
“It doesn’t really matter who’s on the mound, who I’m facing, what pitch they’re throwing,” Bregman said.
“It’s more so if I’m mechanically correct, I’m able to hit anything. When I dial that in, it’ll get scary like it always does.
